The Straw Hat Pirates

One Piece Spinoff Manga Series to Start in December

The November issue ofShueisha’s Saikyo Jump magazineis announcing on Saturday that a new One Piece spinoff manga series will start in the magazine’s January issue, which will ship on December 5. The manga “eagerly anticipated by the whole world” will revolve around Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, and Saikyo Jump will also feature articles.

Shueisha began shipping Saikyo Jump every other month in August (after releasing it every three months and then monthly before). Shueisha published the 75th volume of Eiichiro Oda’s original One Piecemanga on September 4, and Viz Media will publish the 73rd volume in North America next January.